Strategies for Risk Reduction
6 Strategies for Risk Reduction Anna Voltura, Lisa Jacobs KEY POINTS • Chemoprevention is the use of chemotherapeutics to stabilize, suppress, or reverse the mechanisms whereby a precancerous lesion becomes…
ONCOLOGY
Nutrition and Lifestyle
7 Nutrition and Lifestyle Lisa Ware Corbin KEY POINTS • Known breast cancer risk factors (e.g., age at menarche, parity, and heredity) are thought to explain only 25% to 47%…
Conclusion
25 Conclusion Lisa Jacobs, Christina A. Finlayson We all know the statistics on the impact that breast cancer has on our population. Today, 1 in 8 women will experience breast…
The Role of Radiotherapy in the Management of Penile Cancer
Fig. 9.1 Bi-valved block made of tissue-equivalent material with a central chamber to encase the penis during external beam radiotherapy The clinical target volume (CTV) is the visible/palpable disease with…
Minimally Invasive Surgical Approaches to Inguinal Nodes in the Absence of Palpable Adenopathy
Fig. 6.1 The femoral triangle. (a) Anatomy of femoral triangle. (b) Cross-sectional anatomy of right femoral triangle Video Endoscopic Inguinal Lymphadenectomy Patient Preparation and Position The risks and benefits of…
Multimodal Approach to Locally Advanced and Metastatic Penile Cancer
Fig. 8.1 Overall survival stratified by receipt of adjuvant chemotherapy in chemotherapy-naïve men with pelvic node-positive penile cancer. (Reproduced, with permission from Sharma et al. [21]) The summary of evidence…
Penile-Sparing Surgical Approaches in the Management of Primary Penile Tumours
Fig. 3.1 Superficial SCC suitable for total glans resurfacing Fig. 3.2 Three months post total glans resurfacing The procedure is performed under general anaesthesia with pre-operative antibiotics and the use…
Surgical Decision-Making, Technical Considerations, and Clinical Pearls in Therapeutic Inguinal Node Dissection for Penile Cancer
Fig. 5.1 Patient positioning for inguinal lymph node dissection in the setting of clinically positive nodes. Exposure provided for inguinal and pelvic fields of dissection in addition to harvesting myocutaneous…
Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection for Penile Cancer: Answering the Conundrum of When and How It Should Be Conducted
Study N OS CSS Follow-up (months) Lont et al. [6] 25 5-year: 10 % – 85 Liu et al. [5] 33 3-year: 12.1 % – 42 Lughezzani et al. [7]…
